Raceway for lacing-hook-setting machines.



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APPLIOATION FILED APR.14, 1913. 1,095,576. Patented May 5, 1914,

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COLUMBIA PLANOQRAPH CO.,WASHINGTON. D. cv

UNITED STATES ,PATE FFICE.

ARTHUR H. JENKINS, OF BEVERLY, AND VIN'TON L. MURRAY, 0F SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5;, 1914.

Application filed April 14, 1913. Serial No. 760,947.

the accumulation of lacing hooks in the race-.

way of a hook-setting machine to be quickly and conveniently removed from the race way preparatory to charging the same with hooks of a different color or style.

The invention consists in the improvements which we will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a raceway embodying our invention and of portions of the reservoir and setting mechanism.' Fig. 2 rep resents a front elevation of the lower end portion of the raceway and portions of the setting mechanism. Fig. 3 represents a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the movable portion of the raceway.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

The raceway, in which our improvement hereinafter described is embodied, is of well known general form and is adapted to guide a procession of lacing hooks 12 which are moved by gravity from an elevated hopper or reservoir 13 with which the upper end of the raceway communicates to suitable hook-setting mechanism to which the hooks are delivered by the lower end of the raceway, a portion of the setting mechanism being shown at 14.

The reservoir and the setting mechanism may be of any suitable construction, and, as our invention relates only to the lower portion of the raceway, we do not believe it is necessary to fully illustrate and describe the reservoir and the setting mechanism.

The raceway comprises a lower member 15, the upper edge of which is adapted to support and guide the necks of the hooks 12, and a fixed upper member 16 which is offset from the lower member 15 and has a lower edge which bears upon and guides the barrels or eyelet portions of the hooks, as indicated by Fig. 3. Said members are formed and relatively arranged in a well known manner to guide and control the hooks in their passage from the reservoir to the setting mechanism.

In carrying out our invention in the embodiment here shown, we make the lower member 15 in two parts or sections, one of which isfixed and elongated and extends from the reservoir to a point near the setting mechanism, the lower end of the said fixed portion being shown at 17-, Fig. 2, and forming a fixed stop or abutment for the up per end of the movable portion next described. i

The delivering end of the member 15 is formed of a separate piece lo the upper end 18 of which is formed to abut against the lower end 17 of the fixed'portion when the movable portion is in its operative position, with its upper edge continuous with the upper edge of the fixed portion as shown by full lines in Fig.2. 7 The movable portion 15 therefore constitutes a continuation of the fixed portion 15, said movable portion having an upper guiding edge onto which the necks of the hooks slide from the fixed portion15a The movable portion 15 is adapted to swing on a fixed pivot screw or stud 19 secured to a suitable fixed support 20, said pivot being so arranged that the movable portion 15 is adapted to swing away from the lower end of the fixed portion 15, and from the fixed upper member 16, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2.

When the movable portion 15 is thus displaced, an opening is formed between it and I the lower end of the fixed portion 15 through which all the lacing hooks in the raceway may escape or be quickly discharged, the hooks that were before above said opening dropping through the opening into a suit able receptacle which may be held beneath it, while the hooks that were on the movable portion 15" prior to its displacement are free to slide off from the upper edge of the displaced lower portion.

Means are provided for locking the movable portion 15 in its operative position, the said means in this embodiment of the invention comprising a U-shaped car 22 attached at 23 to the movable portion and adapted to bestride the lower edge of the fixed portion, and a thumbscrew 24 adapted to be inserted in the coinciding orifices in the ear and in the fixed portion 15. hen said screw is removed, the movable portion 15 is free to be displaced.

The novel feature of our invention is a lacing hook raceway composed of a lower neck-supporting member and an upper barrel controlling member, one of said members having a portion which is capable of quick movement to and from its operative position to permit a quick interruption of the way formed by said members, and a quick restoration of the continuity of said way. While we prefer to locate the said movable portion in the lower member of the raceway and at the extreme lower end thereof, because this location permits the removal of nearly all the hooks by gravitation, we do not limit ourselves to this particular location. The pivotal. connection of the movable member to a fixed support 15*, at one end, as shown, is preferred, because it enables the said portion to be hinged to its support by a single stud 19, and to swing edgewise thereon.

\Ve claim 1. In a lacing hook setting machine, a raceway comprising a lower member, the upper edge of which forms an inclined track adapted to support and guide the necks of the lacing hooks, and a fixed upper member offset from the lower member and adapted to overhang the barrels of the hooks, the lower member being composed of a fixed elongated portion extending continuously from the receiving end of the raceway to a point near the delivering end, and a movable portion forming the delivering end of the lower member and movable from the fixed portion and from the upper member to form an outlet for all the hooks in the raceway, including those below the fixed portion of the lower member, means being provided for locking the movable portion in its operative position.

2. in a lacing hook setting machine, a raceway comprising a lower member, the

upper edge of which forms an inclined track adapted to support and guide the necks of the lacing hooks, and a fixed upper member oifset from the lower member and adapted to overhang the barrels of the hooks, the lower member being composed of a fixed elongated portion extending continuously from the receiving end of the raceway to a point near the delivering end, and a movable portion forming the delivering end of the lower member, said movable portion being pivoted to a fixed support and adapted to swing away from the fixed portion and from the upper member, the meeting ends of the said fixed and movable portions being pro vided with locking means for holding the movable portion in its operative position.

8. In a lacing hook setting machine, a raceway comprising an upper guide member, and a lower guide member formed of sections, one of said sections being movable downwardly and away from the upper guide member to allow the fasteners to drop therefrom.

4. In a lacing hook setting machine, a raceway comprising an upper guide member, and a lower guide member formed of sections having meeting ends, one of said meeting ends being movable downwardly and away from the upper guide member to allow the fasteners to drop therefrom.

5. In a lacing-hook setting machine, a raceway comprising an upper member having a barrel-guiding lower edge, and a lower member having a neck'guiding upper edge, the lower member havinga movable portion pivoted at one end to a fixed support, and adapted to swing edgewise away from the upper member to form an outlet for the lacing-hooks in the raceway.

In testimony whereof we have aflixed our signatures, in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR H. JENKINS. VINTON L. MURRAY. Vitnesses DANIEL J. MORAN, JOHN MoP. Cooxn.

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